Friday, August 21, 2009

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

TVNewApologies that the advertised repeat of Have I Got News for You featuring Brian Blessed and Alan Duncan last Saturday on BBC2 was replaced at the eleventh hour. The intro suggested it was to do with Brian Blessed. You might be forgiven for thinking it had more to do with Alan Duncan.The man who can’t keep his foot out of his mouth was in trouble again over his expenses comments and Tory Central Office must have strings to pull. Just a thought.Gok Wan tells Ben Shepherd what’s wrong with him in Gok’s Fashion Fix on Saturday at 4.05pm on Channel 4. The X Factor is back (like secondary cancer?) on ITV1 at 7pm. BBC2 broadcasts the Edinburgh Festival round-up, at midnight.ITV1 repeats Forbidden Love at 11.05pm Sunday. E4 repeats Ugly Betty on Sunday at 6pm.The return of Countdown brings a brand spanking new series of Come Dine with Me at 5.30pm weekdays on C4. Choreographer Michael Clark on The Edinburgh Festival Show 7pm on BBC2 Wednesday.

OngoingC4’s BB continues to keep all its LGB housemates. Alan Carr’s repeated Chatty Man on 4 at 1.15amSaturday. The Wire 11.20pm Monday, Tuesdayand Wednesday on BBC2. Ugly Betty on C4 at 10pm Wednesday and Skins at 11 on Wednesday. Usually there’s some LGBT content on The Big Questions on BBC1 on Sunday morning at 10am. Ellen is on Fiver every weekday morning at 6.

FilmsFull Monty on Film4 Saturday. Boys Don’t Cry on Indie at 10pm. On Sunday Sky Screen 1 airs Hairspray at 6pm and Mamma Mia at 8, while Screen 2shows The Bourne Ultimatum at 10.40pm.The Bourne Identity 11pm ITV2 on Tuesday. Boys Don’t Cry on Indie at 10pm. The gorgeous Roddy McDowell in Planet of the Apes 1.30pm C4 Wednesday. The Bourne Ultimatum on Modern Greats at 6pm.Almadóvar’s Volver on Film4 at 9pm Thursday. The Bourne Supremacy ITV2 9pm Friday.

RadioPlease also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Sunday 23rdBBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Cast of HairsprayBBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’GradyBBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issuesBBC Radio 4 - 12.02pm: Just a Minute. Kit Hesketh-Harvey guests and is as camp as a row of tentsBBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the past

Monday 24thBBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins

Tuesday 25thBBC Radio 4 - 9am: Fry’s English Delight. Stephen Fry on English usageBBC Radio 4 - 11.30: With Great Pleasure. Clive Stafford Smith, activist on prisoners’ human rights and a gay man, chooses prose and poetry.BBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm: Great Lives. Dervla Murphy on Freya Stark, who roamed the Middle East in the 1930s. With Matthew Parris

Wednesday 26thBBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: The Odd Half Hour. Stephen K Amos

Thursday 27thBBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: At The Fringe. Content unknownBBC Radio 4 - 7.15: Front Row. Interview with Alan Cummings as he begins a tour as a stand up comedian

Friday 28thBBC Radio 2 - 7.30pm: Friday Night is Music Night. John Barrowman starsBBC Radio 2 - 11: In the Beginning. As part of the Beatles night special, Holly Johnson goes back to their rootsBBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Afternoon Play. The Last Tsar. Why did George V refuse asylum to Tsar Nicholas? Derek Jacobi plays the English monarchBBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word6 Music - 7pm: Tom RobinsonBBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne

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For a global classification of queer radio on line:http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 andhttp://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=LesbianGay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

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